Hi everyone!

[elizmabel 3]

I'm new to this site and I have got a lot of feed back so far and loving it! So, I just started the process and haven't received a date yet but everything is going so fast I think I will be in before the 6 months everyone says it takes, has anyone else gone this fast?

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[heidikat72 935]

it really depends on your insurance requirements. If your insurance doesn't require a medically supervised diet period of 3-6 months, then yes the process from start to surgery can be significantly less than 6 months.

[elizmabel 3]

Wow, lets see what happens next week when I go :-) thanks so much for the info

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[sc101071 398]

Insurance required 3 month diet for me. I was sleeved 4 months after my first doc appt.

[elizmabel 3]

Wow @@sc101071 that's fast lol i feel the more I think about it the more nervous I get

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[kayshabear 44]

I am going as a self pay patient, and from first apt with the surgeon to my scheduled surgery date of 12-12-16, it will be almost 3 months. Took a bit for me to get all the pre-op appointments in required by my surgeon but I feel blessed it has gone this fast! I'm currently on day 3 of my liquid diet and going strong!

[elizmabel 3]

Woohoo congrats!! Yeah that's super fast, I'm scheduled to see the dietician in the following week, those it go by what she recommends or e she the one that tells you ok you have X amount of weeks to do this diet then boom your surgery is on xxx

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[Malin 470]

I'm self-pay too. My first Dr visit was 20 October, and my surgery is scheduled for 5 December. Insurance puts up so many hoops for you to jump through.